Former Family Dollar CFO joins Supervalu board

Supervalu on Monday announced that experienced financial executive and corporate board member Mary Winston has been appointed to Supervalu's board of directors effective April 27, 2016.

“I’m very pleased that Mary has accepted our offer to join the Supervalu board of directors," stated Gerald Storch, Supervalu non-executive chairman. "Her experience in senior level financial positions and on executive management teams, along with her many years of service on public company boards, makes her a highly-qualified addition who will help to lead our organization into the future.”



Winston joins the board having most recently served from 2012 through August 2015 as executive VP and CFO for Family Dollar Stores, a discount retailer with more than 8,300 stores and nearly $11 billion in revenues prior to its acquisition by Dollar Tree in July 2015.



Before joining Family Dollar, from 2008 to 2012, Winston served as senior VP and CFO for Giant Eagle, a regional grocery and fuel retailer.



In addition to her corporate executive leadership experience, Winston also has more than 10 years of experience serving on public company boards and audit committees where she brings extensive financial management and leadership experience. Winston currently serves on the boards of directors for two public companies, Dover Corporation and Domtar Corporation, and from 2008 through February 2016 was a director for Plexus Corporation.



With the addition of Winston, Supervalu's noard now has 12 members.